{
  "id": 13961457,
  "title": "Bangladesh home minister Salahuddin Ahmed to skip BIMSTEC meeting in New Delhi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/bangladesh-home-minister-salahuddin-ahmed-to-skip-bimstec-meeting-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T13:03:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/bangladesh-home-minister-salahuddin-ahmed-to-skip-bimstec-meeting-in-new-delhi-india-101791809726921.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bangladesh's Home Minister, Salahuddin Ahmed, will not attend the inaugural BIMSTEC home ministers' meeting in New Delhi. A senior official delegation is expected to represent Bangladesh amidst deteriorating relations with India. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, or BIMSTEC, is a regional organization including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Its objective is to foster economic and technical collaboration among the nations bordering the Bay of Bengal and the surrounding region. Bangladesh assumed the chairmanship of BIMSTEC in April 2025.",
  "summary": "Home ministers of the member states are scheduled to meet on Tuesday.",
  "key_points": [
    "Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed will skip inaugural BIMSTEC meeting.",
    "Senior official delegation to represent Bangladesh at the event.",
    "BIMSTEC aims to foster economic and technical collaboration among bordering nations."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}